Restrictions? Certainly no restrictions on my Voice Sense whatever. And by the way! These machines are Windows based so that's why I posted to Windows-Access, now there are restrictions for you <smile>.
On 27 Oct 2013, at 6:11 pm, Josh Gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > I've always thought that they are quite similar to Apple in terms of their > restrictions and lockdown stuff.But that's another story for another time > and honestly probably another list. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 1:09 AM, "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think this would be better discussed on Techno-Chat as it is not >> Windows-specific. I have, therefore, re-routed it. >> >> I looked at the Braille Edge 40 I think it was called before Gordon selected >> his HumanWAre product but other than the battery life, it didn’t appear to >> have much else to offer than did the BrailleNote. Also, the BrailleNote is >> the product that’s most compatible in schools which is where Gordon will be >> working. Therefore, it wouldn’t be necessary to have multiple driver sets >> installed on a laptop or PC desktop which is an obvious advantage. >> >> But functionally, the 7 apps which that device boasts is no more than what >> is on the Humanware product anyway. It too runs Windows CE version 6 I >> believe and, therefore, it has the same restrictions as does KeySoft. I’m >> sure the mail application is better though, I don’t think it would be worse. >> Humanware’s own support technicians have admitted that their mail client >> needs a total rewrite from the ground up. It is 20 years obsolete. >> >> But on the whole, Gordon is perfectly happy with what he has, which is the >> most important thing after all. He’s also getting a Focus40-Blue from >> Freedom Scientific because that is the only display which is going to >> interface with the Sara CE OCR reading machine. >> >> Now, I don’t profess to be an expert. But it seems to me that Humanware has >> a lot of catching up to do in a lot of respects. For example, all of their >> APIs are kept strictly in-house. Therefore, external developers of Windows >> CE applications are prohibited from developing applications for use with the >> HumanWare notetakers. That attitude is extremely insular, and we have told >> HumanWare so. There product development managers defend that policy by >> saying that developing all of their applications in-house avoids the >> possibility of the product becoming riddled with unstable applications, >> having the need for virus detection utilities and other Malware problems. >> That is probably true; but I cannot speak for other manufacturers so I don’t >> know. But that was the justification we received when questioning this with >> their technical staff. >> >> Yes, it is very true as I’ve already acknowledged that their mail client is >> just down right useless in lots of ways. Not having support for IMAP is >> simply ridiculous. In all fairness their KeyWeb browser has improved a very >> great deal as of the release of KeySoft 9.3.1 earlier this quarter. >> >> Their hardware platform is undeniably worthy of museum status in some >> respects. The Ethernet port is simply that, Ethernet instead of GigaNet. >> Their USB host ports are USB2 instead of USB3. Their Wi-Fi networking is >> only Wireless-G, which is now almost 2 revisions obsolete. >> >> However, Gordon says that the Perkins-style keyboard on the BrailleNote >> Apex40BT is beautiful to use. It’s simple, yet functional. The command set >> is logical and, therefore, easy to remember. >> >> So yes, we fully acknowledge that they could do better in many respects. But >> HumanWare does have a very solid base in terms of compatibility and >> reliability. The education sector here in the UK has been using HumanWAre’s >> products for many years now. That’s probably why it is rare to encounter any >> other in V.I departments here. >> >> Lynne >> >>> On 26 Oct 2013, at 16:12, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> No, I'm not paid to advertise these products, I'm posting this link as a >>> matter of interest for others who are in the market for some of the most >>> powerful and accessible Note Taking etc devices on the planet. >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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